By Natalie Homan from In The Cloud Copy In the United States, about 14% of students receive special education services. This means that around 7 million children and teens have…
Normally the immune system will go on the attack against a foreign invader such as a germ and then return to standby mode. But according to a report in…
Brooke Ramirez's pregnancy with her first daughter went as planned, and her new baby Trinity passed her developmental milestones. It wasn't until she was five months old that they noticed…
New information, speculation, statistics, and predictions about COVID-19 are hitting the internet every day. Yet neurologists are attempting to answer their patients’ questions without having sufficient data that would…
According to a recent report by CNN, the UK Health Service sent an alert to general practitioners warning of a rise in the last three weeks of children who…
Cytokine storms have been prominent in the news lately due to their role in COVID-19, but researchers have been studying their connection to Castleman disease for a long time. In…
May 15th is recognized each year as Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Awareness Day. The goal of this day is to help spread awareness about this group of diseases among the general public…
The European Commission has just granted their approval to Pharming for an extended indication of RUCONEST (conestat alfa) for Hereditary Angioedema (HAE). This extension allows the therapy to be utilized for…
By Jodee Redmond from In the Cloud Copy Thermo Fisher Scientific, a world leader in the life sciences community, has announced that it has developed a new test for Gaucher…
As sourced from the Washington Post, COVID-19 coverage has been spreading the news: people with many disabilities are scared, and we need to take care of them. For many, the…
A New Study A new study, conducted by CLS Behring, has found that a new method of administration for Hizentra as a treatment for primary immunodeficiency (PI), could improve quality…
Minorities and Healthcare As a whole, racial minorities, particularly black and Latino people, have more health comorbidities. This is due to a wide array of factors including structural elements, socioeconomic…
A recent study examined three different follicular lymphoma (FL) patients to try to better understand how the disease presents differently for different individuals. Ultimately, this study has reiterated the importance…
Are opioids an effective and frequently-prescribed treatment for hemophilia? Actually, according to Hemophilia News Today, opioids are prescribed at a much higher rate than reported. This suggests that doctors and…
Patients who better understand their condition and the necessity of treatment are more likely to experience positive outcomes, says Hemophilia News Today. This is because increased awareness and education correlates…
A recent University of Sheffield news release explores findings which highlight a potential cause of leukodystrophies: immune cells. This group of rare childhood neurological disorders impacts the myelin sheath, the…
This week I heard from a grandfather who had been wanting to take his grandson fishing. The grandson had always been too busy and had far too many organized activities.…
APDS Activated PI3K delta syndrome (APDS) is a form of primary immunodeficiency (PI). There are fewer than 100 reported cases of the condition. APDS has two types (1 and 2),…
The FDA has recently granted GTX-102, a treatment for Angelman syndrome, the Fast Track designation. This designation means that the review process is expedited. It is meant specifically for drugs…
The month of May is recognized as Myositis Awareness Month. The ultimate goal is to help spread awareness and educate both the general public and the healthcare field about myositis,…
The TACERN Study Group has recently conducted a study in order to discover an algorithm that detects tubers during MRIs. Deep learning was employed in an effort to apply this…
Lynparaza is back in the news again, but this time, according to Cure Today, the FDA approved the drug in combination with Avastin for advanced ovarian cancer to prevent progression…
According to a press release from PR Newswire and GuruFocus, drug discovery and development company Sutro Biopharma received promising phase 1 clinical data for their drug therapy STRO-002. Their Phase…
A new study published in Blood has found different genetic variants of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The most common of these is called SF3B1, which occurs in around 1 in every 5 patients. It…
Axcella, a biotechnology company based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has released the results of AXA1125-003. According to Biotech 365, this study showed positive results for those with non-alcoholic fatty liver…
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